I should add that we'd all be better off if we ate more walnuts. The
omega-3 oil they contain (same as oil from cold-water fishes) is one
protection against heart disease. Well and truly documented by solid
scientific studies here and abroad. Eat a handful a day; live until
something else kills you. Of course, drinking that Lake county wine is
proving to be beneficial too.



On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 03:32:23 GMT, x wrote:

|Ahh, but those are English, not black walnuts.
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|A good, old black walnut used to have value. not so much anymore.
|dealers are leary of trees that may have (likely have) nails and such
|embedded in the wood. But English walnuts (_Juglans regia_, the kind
|you eat, and what makes up what's left of the Lake county walnut
|orchards) are not nor have they ever been valued for timber. Now they
|are less and less valued for nuts, espcially in a place like Lake
|county where wine grapes are fetching terrific prices.
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|On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 01:33:55 GMT, "Philip" wrote:
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||LOL! I'm in N. Cal as well, up in the Lake County area. Right now we have
||vineyards bulldozing orchards of walnut trees and burning them. Can't get
||them to sell it.
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||Philip
||"FOW" wrote in message
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|| Thanks for the info Phil I was wrong. I'm a WW also. Around here in N.
||Cal.
|| they go out to the walnut groves and backhoe up the old walnut trees at
|| night aka -Steal them- . For the wood and sell it to the gunstock makes
|| here.
|| "Philip" wrote in message
|| news:Beopa.574620$L1.167943@sccrnsc02...
|| You know, not to disagree too much, but as a woodworker I'll tell you
|| right
|| now that there are those of us who will buy such trees, whether or not
|| they're in a yard. Additionally, the burl isn't what's underneath the
|| ground, a burl grows off the trunk, not at the juncture of the roots.
||The
|| roots do form unusual patterns, but that's not the burl.
||
|| Philip
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|| "FOW" wrote in message
|| ...
|| Only the bottom 2 ft and the burl below ground would be worth
||anything.
|| It
|| would have to have wild figure in the burl.
|| "Marley1372" wrote in message
|| ...
|| His tree is probably an American Walnut but if it's a Black Walnut
|| what
|| might
|| a
|| Tree like that be worth these days?
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|| Nothing. Other than its asthetic value or value that can be placed
||on
|| it
|| for
|| insurance purposes, black walnuts in the landscape arent used for
|| thier
|| wood.
|| The main reason is that outside of thier natural environment, trees
|| are
|| subject
|| to homeowners who like to put nails and all sorts of wierd stuff
||into
|| thier
|| trees, and prune them improperly(increasing wound sites that lead to
|| decay).
|| They also do not acheive the necessary size in the landscape to
|| produce
|| the
|| veneer quality wood that is used for furniture and such.
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|| Toad
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